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The Schools Bill: what's changing and why?
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<p class="p1">The bill aims to improve education and social care for children. But will it work?</p>
11 March 2025
Family values: inheritance, inequality and social mobility
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<p><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;">Wealth concentration among baby boomers and stagnant earnings are driving the rise of the ‘Bank of Mum and Dad’, affecting social mobility.</span></p>
3 March 2025
How important is the OBR forecast?
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<p>The OBR forecast will underpin the Chancellor’s decisions at the next Spring Forecast.</p>
12 February 2025
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Spring Forecast 2025: IFS analysis
event 27 March 2025
<p><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);color:rgb(37, 61, 64);display:inline !important;float:none;font-family:"DM Serif Text", serif;font-size:20px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:start;text-decoration-color:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;">At this online event IFS researchers will present their initial analysis of the Chancellor's Spring Forecast.</span></p>
How can people be better helped to draw on their pension wealth in retirement?
event 1 April 2025
<p><span data-teams="true">This online event will present new analysis of the way in which defined contribution pension wealth is currently being accessed.</span></p>
IFS residential conference 2025: How do we build a business tax system for the 21st century?
conference 3 April 2025
<p>This conference, in association with <a href="https://www.deloitte.co.uk">Deloitte</a>, will discuss the UK business tax system in the context of the new Corporate Tax Roadmap.</p>
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Autumn Statement 2023

Autumn Statement 2023: IFS analysis

On 23 November 2023 from 10:30 to 12:00

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via Slido and YouTube

IFS researchers presented their analysis of the Chancellor's announcements the day after the Autumn Statement.

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt presented his Autumn Statement on Wednesday 22nd November. You can read our initial reaction here.

IFS researchers then presented their full analysis of the Chancellor's announcements on Thursday 23rd November at an online webinar.

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Paul Johnson

Director

Paul has been the Director of the IFS since 2011. He is also currently visiting professor in the Department of Economics at University College London.

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Bee Boileau

Research Economist

Bee joined the IFS in 2021 as a Research Economist and works in the Retirement, Saving and Ageing sector.

Isaac Delestre

Research Economist

Isaac is a Research Economist in the Taxation sector, focusing on the taxation of high-income individuals and closely-held corporate entities.

Carl Emmerson

Deputy Director

Carl, a Deputy Director, is an editor of the IFS Green Budget, an expert on the UK pension system and sits on the Social Security Advisory Committee.

Sam Ray-Chaudhuri

Sam Ray-Chaudhuri

Research Economist

Sam joined the IFS in 2022 and works as a research economist in the Income, Work and Welfare sector.